W W T D? — What Would Terry Do?

The dish that wouldn’t come clean

One evening, a husband and wife were doing the dish

es. As per usual, the husband was washing and the wife was drying. Everything was going along fine until the wife said, “This dish

isn’t clean, it’s all greasy”, and handed the dish

back to her husband. The husband wiped off the grease with a paper towel and washed the dish

again. This time, the wife said, “This dish

isn’t greasy, but it still isn’t clean.” And she handed the dish

back to her husband again. This time, the husband tried a scouring pad, rather than just the wash rag, but again, the dish

came back dirty. So, he tried a brush, but to no avail – the dish

was still dirty. It just wouldn’t come clean! So, next the husband tried a steel scouring pad. His hand got cut up, because he hadn’t worn rubber gloves like his wife had warned him. Once again, the dish

came back dirty. The wife was about to say, “Why don’t you check the dish

to see if it’s clean, before you hand it to me?” But, upon seeing the glare in her husband’s eyes, decided it would be better to keep her mouth shut on that point.
The husband said, “We’ll just have to soak it overnight.” So, he put it in some water and put some baking soda on it.
The next night when the husband handed his wife that dish

, she said once again, “That dish still isn’t clean.” The husband was so enraged that he tried to break the dish

into pieces with his bare hands. Not being Hercules, the dish

stayed in one piece. The husband said, “We’ll have to soak it overnight again.” This time he tried salt instead of baking soda.
The next night, the dish

came back still dirty. The husband took the dish

and threw it into the fire. “There!” he said. “I’m done messing with that low down dirty dish

.” Realizing the joke, both husband and wife relaxed and laughed, and once again became a happy couple.
The next day, the husband pulled the dish

out of the fire and washed it. This time it was clean! It was stained black, but it was clean. From that day on, the wife always washed the dish

es and the husband always dried; which had been what the husband had planned all along.

Don’t Try This At Home!

Book 4
My World of Cleaning

Written by Dale Stubbart
Blessed by Terry Stubbart

Page 6 of 7
Nov 2000